A mobile and interactive multiobjective urban tourist route planning system

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Ayala, Inmaculada^{; *} | Mandow, Lawrence | Amor, Mercedes | Fuentes, Lidia

Affiliations: Universidad de Málaga, Andalucía Tech, Departamento de Lenguajes y Ciencias de la Computación, Málaga, Spain. E-mails: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]

Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected].

Abstract: Tourism is an emerging target area for interactive mobile device applications. This paper evaluates the performance of a multiobjective interactive urban route planner that calculates walking routes for tourists in urban areas. The system allows tourists to choose a walking route between two locations that is short, but at the same time traverses interesting tourist areas. The main characteristics of the system are an intuitive interactive interface, the management of multiple objectives, and local computation on the user’s device. Related aspects, like the retrieval of contextual tourist information relevant to route planning, are also discussed.

Keywords: Mobile tourism, multiobjective decision making, intelligent transport systems, route planning, mobile device

DOI: 10.3233/AIS-160413

Journal: Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 129-144, 2017